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TO DRAGMA OF ALPHA OMICRON PI 147

CHI—SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY

Chi has been having a very busy time since her last letter. There are
so many important things to attend and such interesting things to do.

Chi celebrated her anniversary by a Formal Christmas Dance on the
19th of December. We had a lovely tree in one of the rooms upstairs
and each girl put two gifts upon it. We had a large cake made and after
the distribution of our gifts, served cake and novelty ice-cream.

Vacation started the next day. Those blessed two weeks passed all
too swiftly and it seemed scarcely a day when we were back again. But
a very unpleasant surprise awaited us. W e found that "Bill Orange,"
our house cat, had disappeared and later that the house had been robbed.
We thought at first that nothing much had been taken, but when the girls
began to look around they discovered the loss to be about three hundred
dollars.

We had all left in such a hurry that a number of valuable things had
been left. The robbers took such trivial things along with the others.
They took pennies out of penny banks and took any kind of candy they
could find. They even used one of our own flashlights to see what to take.

About a week after we came back, the police found the burglars.

They were boys of only fourteen years of age. We were glad to get our

things back but also we were very sorry f o r the boys. They seemed so

young and helpless. ,

Although we have found our lost jewelry and money, we still feel a
sense of loss, f o r "Bill Orange" has not returned.

Examinations are due in just one more week and we are all working
hard,

Chi is happy to announce the additional pledging of Jennie Gooding '25
of Candor, New Y o r k ; and Hazel Olin '26 of Lacona, New York.

HELEN L. ROSZELL.

UPSILON—UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
We are very happy to introduce our new pledges, 2 Sophomores and
seventeen Freshmen. They are: Betty Brottain, Lylas Broom, Elma Brun-
ner, Margaret Green, Kathleen Greenwood, Gladys Hershberger, Helen
Hinsdale, Helen Lewis, Doris Mathewson, Ethel McCart, Betty McCoy,
Florence McMeekin, Mildred Melby, Helen Nims, Arta and Lois Pollom,
Ruth Guarry, Dorothy Watkins and Betta Watson. Margaret Green, we
are glad to write, came second in the try-out f o r the lead in "Mary Rose,"
the one dramatic contribution of the University last quarter.

Now that rushing is over, Upsilon is working hard on scholarship. A
" B " average has been our one aim this year; leaving our studies only f o r
such social functions as our Informal which took the f o r m of a Barn
Dance with corn husks and gunny-sack curtains.

We held our Founders' Day Banquet at the Sorento Hotel. Due to the
interest and enthusiasm of the alumnae it was a true success. A t this time
we learned also of the results of Mary Helen Akley's examinations and,